Eastern Church

Eastern Church

n.1. The church of the Byzantine Empire, including the patriarchates of Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria, and Jerusalem.2. The Eastern Orthodox Church.3. often Eastern church The set of Christian churches centered in southwest Asia, northeast Africa, and Eastern Europe, including the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Nestorian, and Eastern Catholic churches.

Eastern Church

n 1. (Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) any of the Christian Churches of the former Byzantine Empire 2. (Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) any Church owing allegiance to the Orthodox Church and in communion with the Greek patriarchal see of Constantinople 3. (Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) any Church, including Uniat Churches, having Eastern forms of liturgy and institutions

East′ern Church′

n. 1. any of the churches originating in countries formerly part of the Eastern Roman Empire, observing an Eastern rite and adhering to the Nicene Creed; Byzantine Church. 2. Orthodox Church (def. 2). [1585–95]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Eastern Church - derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine ritesEastern Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic Church, Orthodox Churchcanonisation, canonization - (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saintsCatholic Church - any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian ChurchGreek Church, Greek Orthodox Church - state church of Greece; an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox ChurchRussian Orthodox Church - an independent church with its own Patriarch; until 1917 it was the established church or Russiabishop - a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
	2.	Eastern Church - the Catholic Church as it existed in the Byzantine EmpireByzantine ChurchCatholic Church - any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church